Front End 

Deep Dive 

What is JSF?

Java Server Faces 

Java specification for building component-based user interfaces for web applications, based on the popular MVC design pattern

What is MVC?

First JSF 

Application 

WAR?

"Web  ARchive"

xhtml Pages?

CSS and JavaScript?

Our First JSF 

Page 

What is 

PrimeFaces? 

Why PrimeFaces?

Lot's of rich, visual components

Easy to use

Solid community support

What is the  

CSX Showcase?

CSX Showcase Screenshot

Let's Start Coding!

What are 

Backing Beans? 

Bean Scopes

What do I mean by scope?

How long my bean lives

@RequestScoped

Lives as long as a single HTTP request-response cycle

@ViewScoped

Lives as long as a user is interacting with the same JSF view 

@SessionScoped

Lives as long as the established HTTP session 

@ApplicationScoped

Lives as long as the web application runs 

@FlashScoped ?

@CustomScoped ?

@ConversationScoped ?

UNIT TESTING

Back to Coding!

User 

Experience 

User Needs

Business Goals

Technical Constraints

Business Goals

Technical Contraints

User Needs

uX!

design

requirements

development

Back to Coding!